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- Jacaranda Jim - author Graham Cluley
- (Shareware text adventure on PD 153)
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- Dwarfed on a PC by Grimwold
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- "Howdy! My name is Jacaranda Jim. I was on a routine
- space-journey to Jupiter (Sol system, Mutters Spiral) when my
- cargo-ship was taken over by a crack squad of homicidal beechwood
- armchairs. Desperate to avoid one of those really silly adventure
- games with words like "flip-flops" and "placid" in them I
- crashlanded into the wacky world of Ibberspleen IV. (Where the
- most ridiculous word in circulation appears to be "plinth").
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- "I was rescued from the burning wreckage by a smug little Gribbley
- called "Alan". This was just too much and I decided it would be
- wise to call it a day and lose consciousness.
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- "At the moment I am still unconscious and this is all a dream -
- you've just interrupted a game of tennis I was having against a
- rhinoceros called "Hilda"."
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- - So the introduction to this PC adventure goes. Many of you will
- already have heard of this game, it's been around for a while.
- As far as I can tell, it's not been written by a 'popular'
- utility, I've heard that Graham uses his own utility for writing
- adventures and if this is so, he's very talented in general
- programming, not to mention the adventure in question. Jacaranda
- Jim is a wild and frenzied trip through a variety of strange
- locations, not to mention some strange creatures and characters.
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- The humour is a bit restrained throughout, despite the
- introduction, but can afford a laugh on the odd occasion. I
- personally think this is a good thing, the humour taking second
- place to the puzzles. Some authors prefer to squeeze the puzzles
- in amongst the jokes - it works sometimes, but often doesn't. With
- JJ, however, the whole humour-puzzle interaction works very well,
- each one complimenting the other.
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- Some of the puzzles are a little tricky, I would've preferred a
- few more hints, but perhaps that's just me being dim. All in all,
- though, this is a worthy game and a definite addition for anyone's
- adventure collection.
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- Grimwold's rating: 8.5/10
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